[PyMOL] View manger (and how to store arbitrary data on the session?)

[Pedro L. <psl...@gm...>]

Hi,

I just made a graphical plugin to set and get views. It uses the set_view
and get_view functions.

It is available in the last option ("Show views") on the "Scene" menu.
Double-click to rename a view. Erase it's name to delete it.

In order to persist data in the PSE session it stores data into the
mesh_clear_selection setting. It was the only way I found.

How to store arbitrary data on the session? Some "ostate" string settings
are preserved on the PSE session. But not all support set arbitrary data
(eg, bg_image_filename). It is very hackish and not a definite solution.

Just wondering, maybe a hidden "setting" (not visible to can be be used as
a key-value store. It would hold serialized data (eg json or pickle) and
have a pair of functions set_key(key, obj) and get(key) that read and write
the setting.

Another great addition would be able to set arbitrary strings to objects
and atoms. But in case of implementing a key-value store would be some
overlap.

Best regards,


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